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Alex Ferrara

Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners

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Alex Ferrara is a long-tenured Bessemer partner who joined in 2005 and moved from New York to London in 2021 to open and lead the firm's European office after an unusually long internal apprenticeship before taking on a flagship geographic franchise. He positions himself as a bridge between US and European tech ecosystems and is known as Bessemer's point person for European defence and dual-use technology, publicly stating there is no limit to how big their European defence-tech practice can become. Alex Ferrara is a long-tenured Bessemer partner who joined in 2005 and moved from New York to London in 2021 to open and lead the firm's European office after an unusually long internal apprenticeship before taking on a flagship geographic franchise. He positions himself as a bridge between US and European tech ecosystems and is known as Bessemer's point person for European defence and dual-use technology, publicly stating there is no limit to how big their European defence-tech practice can become.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
SaaS
FinTech
Consumer
Health
AI

Investment details

Avg check size$500K - $100M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA
Canada
Israel
Asia-Pacific
Europe